1020 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 506

(4) And such other clerical, statistical and stenographic
assistants-, and such other professional assistants, assistant
superintendents, supervisors, attendance officers, medical in-
spectors and school nurses as the county board of education
shall authorize; provided that no professional assistant shall
be appointed who does not hold the appropriate certificate is-
sued by the state superintendent of schools, and the appoint-
ment of no professional assistant shall be valid without the
written approval of the state superintendent of schools,

74. The county board of education shall provide the office
of the county superintendent of schools with ample, conven-
ient and comfortable quarters, and with adequate clerical equip-
ment; and the county superintendent of schools and his pro-
fessional assistants shall be provided with such means of
transportation as are necessary for the effective and efficient
performance of their official duties. They shall be reimbursed
for all actual and necessary traveling and other expenses and
disbursements incurred or made by them in the performance of
their official duties, and no part of the traveling or personal
expenses of the county superintendent and his professional
assistants incurred in the performance of their official duties
shall be included in, or counted as a part of, their annual sal-
ary.

75. The county superintendent of schools shall direct the
taking of the biennial school census provided for in sections
21B and 25M of this article.

76. The county superintendent of schools shall take the
initiative in the preparation and presentation of the annual
school budget, and shall in every way seek to secure adequate
funds from the local authorities for the support and develop-
ment of the public schools of the county.

77. The county superintendent of schools, acting as the
executive officer of the county board of education, shall con-
duct all correspondence, receive all reports from the board of
district trustees, principals, and teachers, and shall see that all
reports are properly made and submitted. He shall prepare,
or cause to be prepared, and submit to the county board of
education for adoption, all reports required of that board by
the state board of education or the state superintendent of
schools, and he shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, and sub-
mit for approval, to the county board of education, the annual
report addressed to the people of the county, provided for in
section 29 of this article.